Who the HECK is this toothpick Kid?
Freaky I was so scrawny... and ate about the same I do now.
Things have changed in more ways that that, but I really can't complain. That big hair (naturally) and scrawny build nabbed me a girl who was (and is) way out of my league (and I love her all the more for it).
Concerning this picture: One thing I can complain about is that my fellow wedding band members actually ridiculed me into trading that beautiful Aira Diamonds Bass I'm playing for a Kingston Hofner (Beatle Bass) copy... saying it was big and dorky and not cool enough for the New Wave, Pop, and Power Pop we were playing. Not only was it a excellent sounding and playing bass, but being semi-hollow body, you could practice un-amplified (which I'm sure my parents were thankful for on those nights before gigs when I stayed up practicing half the night). Unlike the standard mid/late-60's Aria Bass, this one had a mother-of-pearl pick-guard and headstock as well as offset harmonics markers that made it really standout from the Gibson it was based on. While the big Rhinestone in the "Diamonds" logo on the headstock fell out (I think my bandmates pried it out), it never had any problems and very little hum (though I did re-ground it at the time). So unique is this Bass, that while Aria does have records of making this bass, they have no pictures of the original stock. As the Mrs. found this one just recently, I'll be sending it off to them shortly.
Of the instruments I've owned, this is the one I wish I had not let get away.
For those of you who might notice: Yes, that is terrible left hand position, I had only been playing 1 & 1/2 years at that point and I was playing a mash-up version of the Beatles "All My Lovin' " combing the melody and original Bass line (when I could fit it in). Also.... yes, my left foot is photoshopped in, the original pic had a persons head in the lower right corner.
